USP participates in a number of international harmonization initiatives to improve global public health through the development of high quality public standards. USP works with pharmacopoeias, the World Health Organization, and other stakeholders to determine optimal ways to advance and sustain globally harmonized standards. Learn More
Strengthening Global Medicines Quality: USP’s New Role in Harmonization
In the past three decades, an increasingly globalized medical marketplace has helped improve patient access to new medicines. Sadly, it has also provided an opportunity for more substandard, adulterated, and counterfeit medical products.